1. Obesity and androgens: facts and perspectives
Renato Pasquali, M.D. 
Fertility and Sterility 
Volume 85, Issue 5, Pages (May 2006)
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2. FIGURE 1
Schematic view of the interaction between androgens and obesity and its different phenotypes.
Pasquali. Obesity and androgens. Fertil Steril 2006.
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3. FIGURE 2
Luteinizing hormone (LH) pituitary secretion is related to body mass index in men. Mean diurnal levels = integrated (diurnal) levels measured as the mean of the values obtained over 12 h; Σ pulse amplitude = sum of all diurnal pulse amplitudes of LH. From Vermeulen et al. (19), with permission of the editor.
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4. FIGURE 3
The relationship between free androgen index (FAI) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (evaluated by the cortisol response to combined corticotropin-releasing hormone and arginine vasopressin stimulation) in obese men (A) and obese women (B). (from reference 63, with permission of the editor.)
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5. FIGURE 4
Relationship between leptin and basal (right) and hCG-stimulated (left) testosterone (expressed as the ratio between 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) and testosterone (T) (A, left) and the ratio between E2 and T (B, left) in overweight (BMI<30) and obese (BMI 30–40 and BMI >40) males. From Isidori et al. (90), with permission of the editor.
Pasquali. Obesity and androgens. Fertil Steril 2006.
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